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County warns 57,000 residents could see SNAP/WIC impacts if federal shutdown continues
Summary
Forsyth County officials reported Oct. 23 that a federal funding lapse could disrupt SNAP and WIC operations; the county outlined the scale (about 57,000 people on SNAP and more than 10,000 on WIC locally), staff levels dedicated to those programs, and contingency actions with local partners.
Denise Price, Forsyth County deputy county manager, told the Board of Commissioners on Oct. 23 that county staff are preparing for possible local impacts from a federal government funding lapse that could reduce or delay benefits from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs including SNAP and WIC.
Price said SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) serves roughly 57,000 individuals in Forsyth County, “valued at $10,300,000 each month.” She said SNAP issuance is distributed across the month based on the last digit of a recipient’s Social Security number and that USDA had instructed states to hold November issuance files while contingency options are evaluated. That action delays loading benefits on electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards and, Price said, could mean the county will not see…
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